Journal of Environmental Health back issues from January 2006:
Changing our image.(environmental view)
Jan 01, 2006; ... Some time back, there was a debate in Michigan, as well as across the country, about whether scored food service inspection reports should use demerits (negative) or merits (positive). This fall, while at a NEHA Region 4 conference, I started to think about how much of the work in ...
NEHA annual educational conference & exhibition: June 25-28, 2006.(Calendar)
Jan 01, 2006 ... Conference Preview Sunday, June 25-Wednesday, June 28 Conference Education--Preliminary Information Based upon extensive market research done specifically for NEHA's 2006 AEC & Exhibition, environmental health professionals have indicated that the ...
Regression analysis of pesticide use and breast cancer incidence in California Latinas.(study)
Jan 01, 2006; ... Introduction Hispanic (Latina) females experience lower risk of breast cancer than do non-Hispanic white women. In California, the age-adjusted breast cancer incidence rate in 1999 among Latinas was 84.9/100,000, while among non-Hispanic white females it was 147.3/100,000 (Kwong ...
Maximizing total nitrogen removal from onsite-generated wastewater.
Jan 01, 2006; ... Background Conventional wastewater treatment results in the oxidation of carbon (five-day biochemical oxygen demand, or BO[D.sub.5]) and the removal of total suspended solids (TSS). Recently, the nitrification of organic nitrogen and ammonia (total Kjeldahl nitrogen [TKN]) to ...
Thank you for supporting the NEHA/AAS scholarship fund.
Jan 01, 2006 ... Sanford Brown, M.P.H., Ph.D. Fresno, CA (3/05) C. Dee Clingman Orlando, FL (3/05) Vincent J. Radke, M.P.H., R.E.H.S. Atlanta, GA (3/05) Frank S. Sedzielarz, R.S. Fridley, MN (3/05) Calvin Waldimar ...
Impact of a short-term community-based cleanliness campaign on the sources of dengue vectors: an entomological and human behavior study.
Jan 01, 2006; ... Introduction Dengue is a mosquito-borne viral disease endemic in over 100 countries of Africa, America, Asia, and the Western Pacific (Castleberry & Mahon, 2003). The causative agents are four closely related, but antigenically distinct, virus serotypes (DEN-1, DEN-2, DEN-3, and ...
Regression analysis of pesticide use and breast cancer incidence in California Latinas.(study)
Jan 01, 2006 ... * Hispanic (Latina) females experience a lower risk of breast cancer than do non-Hispanic white women. * These lower rates may reflect the influence of known risk factors. * Currently established risk factors for breast cancer include -- older age at first ...
Impact of a short-term community-based cleanliness campaign on the sources of dengue vectors: an entomological and human behavior study.(public health)
Jan 01, 2006 ... * Dengue is a mosquito-borne viral disease. * It is endemic in over 100 countries of Africa, America, Asia, and the Western Pacific. * The causative agents are four closely related, but antigenically distinct, virus serotypes (DEN-1, DEN-2, DEN-3, and DEN-4) of the ...
Regression analysis of pesticide use and breast cancer incidence in California Latinas.(Library Corner)
Jan 01, 2006 ... Below are a few of the resources in NEHA's Bookstore that cover a broad range of pesticide-related topics, from pesticide profiles to control measures to regulatory issues. Insect Pest Management: Techniques for Environmental Protection Jack E. Rechcigl and Nancy A ....
Maximizing total nitrogen removal from onsite-generated wastewater.(wastewater treatment systems)
Jan 01, 2006 ... This text covers the many aspects of onsite wastewater treatment systems: Onsite Wastewater Treatment Systems Bennette D. Burks and Mary Margaret Minnis (1994) Twelve stand-alone chapters make up this book: 1. Introduction to Onsite Wastewater Treatment, ...
Impact of a short-term community-based cleanliness campaign on the sources of dengue vectors: an entomological and human behavior study.(Brief Article)
Jan 01, 2006 ... A must-have for your professional library on communicable diseases: Control of Communicable Diseases Manual (18th Edition) Edited by David L. Heymann, MD (2004) The Control of Communicable Diseases Manual (CCDM) is revised and republished every several ...
Featured article Quiz #4: "regression analysis of pesticide use and breast cancer incidence in California Latinas".
Jan 01, 2006; ... Available to NEHA members only, the JEH Quiz, offered six times per calendar year through the Journal of Environmental Health, is a convenient tool for self-assessment and an easily accessible means to accumulate continuing-education (CE) credits toward maintaining your NEHA credentials. ...
H5N1: a special report--what is the threat and why should the environmental health profession be concerned?(virus)
Jan 01, 2006; ... Prelude "By the time this thing burns out, every American will know at least one person who has died from it." Talk about exciting dinner conversation! My dinner friend--a widely recognized infectious-disease doctor who is also involved in the writing of the ...
San Diego County team Excellence Performance Measurement System.
Jan 01, 2006; ... Introduction/Background The Food and Housing Division (FHD) of the San Diego County Department of Environmental Health has received the 2005 Samuel J. Crumbine Consumer Protection Award for Excellence in Food Protection. Keys to the success of the San Diego County Food Safety ...
Revisiting revitalization.(national environmental health services)
Jan 01, 2006; ... Against the backdrop of a series of national environmental health problems in the 1990s--domestic and international terrorism and environmental health threats, dwindling resources, and, most importantly, a shrinking of the well-trained and experienced workforce--31 individuals representing ...
Recouping the costs of outbreak investigations and prevention.
Jan 01, 2006; ... Editor's note: From April 2001 to March 2004, the Journal featured a Legal Briefs column that presented short case studies about legal issues important to environmental health professionals. Vincent Sikora, the author of Legal Briefs during that time, passed away in December 2003. Because ...
Environmental Health and the media, Part 3: make noise, make the news.
Jan 01, 2006; ... <Pre> The cynicism of the trade needs to be abandoned, for the true patterns of the journalistic apprentice are not the slick persons who scoop the news, but the patient and fearless men of science who have labored to see what the world really is. --Walter Lippmann, Liberty and the News ...
Millions of germs and bacteria await kids at school.(wash hands, the solution)
Jan 01, 2006 ... Homework isn't all that American children are bringing home from school--they're also likely bringing home thousands of microscopic germs. NSF International (NSF), an independent, not-for-profit organization, recently collected and tested samples and found as many as 2.7 million bacterial ...
Secondhand smoke linked to health risks in children and women.(sudden infant death syndrome and breast cancer )
Jan 01, 2006 ... The California Air Resources Board (CARB), a department of the California Environmental Protection Agency, have released a report that links environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) to a variety of health effects ranging from asthma, Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS), and increased incidences ...
New dialogue for improving performance of health agencies begins in five states.(Brief Article)
Jan 01, 2006 ... Comprehensive efforts to assess individual state and local health departments and learn from best practices will be enhanced in five states, under an initiative launched by three national organizations. Illinois, Michigan, Missouri, North Carolina, and Washington states were ...
The National Environmental Services Center.(website)(Brief Article)
Jan 01, 2006 ... www.nesc.wvu.edu The National Environmental Services Center (NESC) provides information about drinking water, wastewater, environmental training, and solid waste management in communities serving fewer than 10,000 individuals. NESC operates as a repository for water, wastewater, ...
Information on pesticides.(websites)(Brief Article)
Jan 01, 2006 ... www.epa.gov/pesticides www.ams.usda.gov/science/pdp www.cfsan.fda.gov/~lrd/pestadd.html#pest The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Office of Pesticides Program works on a wide range of pesticide issues and topics, evaluating potential new pesticides and ...
2005 Food Code updates food safety guidelines.
Jan 01, 2006 ... The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued the 2005 edition of the Food Code, which contains the latest science-based information on food safety for retail and food service industries. The Food Code is used as a reference by nearly 3,000 regulatory agencies that oversee food safety ...
CDP releases next generation of software technology.(customs data processing Inc. releases CPDims and CPD - mobile)(Brief Article)
Jan 01, 2006 ... Custom Data Processing, Inc. (CDP) has released CDPims (a comprehensive Web-based inspection management system) and CDP-mobile (a digital writing application utilizing TabletPCs in the field)--the latest generation of its Enterprise Health Systems for the public health market. ...
Pump association offers effluent training program in both video and CD-ROM formats.(compact disc - read only memory formats)(Brief Article)
Jan 01, 2006 ... A training program, Effluent Pumps for Onsite Wastewater Treatment: Selecting the Right Pump for the Job, is available from the Sump and Sewage Pump Manufacturers Association (SSPMA) in both video and CD-ROM formats. The program details how to size and select a pump for an enhanced-flow ...
Instruments offer ease of use for COD measurement.(chemical oxygen demand)(Brief Article)
Jan 01, 2006 ... To enhance its U.S. EPA--approved, cost-effective chemical oxygen demand (COD) product line, CHEMetrics now presents two COD photometers: a low-range (0-150 ppm) instrument (Catalog No. A-7320) and a high-range (0-1,500 and 0-15,000 ppm) instrument (Catalog No. A-7325). The new instruments ...
Isotope-free handheld Inspector Series[TM] lead analyzers from Innov-X.(Brief Article)
Jan 01, 2006 ... Innov-X Systems, Inc., offers isotope-free handheld lead analyzers. The new Inspector Series enables fast, accurate analysis of lead paint and other heavy-metal contaminants on surfaces and wipes and in air, liquids, and soil. The new analyzers eliminate isotope speed loss and high ...
Transmission of Influenza A viruses between animals and people--information from CDC.(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
Jan 01, 2006 ... Influenza A viruses are found in many different animals, including ducks, chickens, pigs, whales, horses, and seals. Certain subtypes of Influenza A virus are, however, specific to certain species--except in the case of birds, which are hosts to all subtypes of Influenza A. Subtypes that ...
NEHA's land use planning & design program.(National Environmental Health Association)
Jan 01, 2006 ... In cooperation with the National Center for Environmental Health/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (NCEH/CDC), NEHA is partnering with the International City/County Management Association (ICMA) to educate environmental public health professionals and local government managers ...
Connie O'Neill--2005 Milton M. Miller Award winner.(Colorado Environmental Health Association)
Jan 01, 2006 ... The Colorado Environmental Health Association presented the 2005 Milton M. Miller Award, its highest honor, to Connie O'Neill at its 2005 Awards Banquet in Estes Park, Colorado. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Connie O'Neill was born and raised in Eastern Colorado. She ...
Letters to the Editor.(Letter to the Editor)
Jan 01, 2006 ... Dear Editor: I felt compelled to write following a read of the paper by O'Hara and Rubin, "Reducing Bioaerosols Dispersion from Wastewater Treatment and Its Land Application: A Review and Analysis," in the September 2005 issue of the Journal of Environmental Health (Volume 68, ...
Special listing.(national officers)(Directory)
Jan 01, 2006 ... National Officers President -- Ron Grimes, R.S., M.P.H., D.A.A.S., Director/Health Officer, Jackson County Health Dept., 1715 Lansing Ave., Suite 221, Jackson, MI 49202. Phone: (517) 768-1658; fax: (517) 788-4373; e-mail: rgrimes@co.jackson.mi.us President Elect -- ...
Special NEHA members.(National Environmental Health Association)(Directory)
Jan 01, 2006 ... Sustaining Members Access Business Group, LLC 7575 E. Fulton Rd. Ada, MI 49355-0001 Stephen Ver Strat Advanced Drainage Systems 4640 Truman Road Hilliard, OH 43026 Bryan Chriske AEHAP ...
Calendar.(Calendar)
Jan 01, 2006 ... Upcoming NEHA Conferences June 25-28: San Antonio, Texas. June 2007: Atlantic City, New Jersey. June 2008: Tucson, Arizona. NEHA Affiliate and Regional Listings Alaska Feb: "Alaska Forum on the Environment." For ...
Avian flu.(environmental health)(Editorial)
Jan 01, 2006; ... I have been in the public health field for my entire career. Over that time, I have met countless people and have heard even more countless opinions and commentaries on just about every issue that is of interest in this broad field. At times, I have been scared--as I listened to and ...